The team is coming home...

The team had a weather window, and made a summit attempt, but fell short of the summit by 1200'. One of the team members was feeling the altitude, and they made the call to descend. Although they still have some time left to attempt the summit again, they are not optimistic they will have another weather window. It seems they have also had enough of hanging out at 18,500' in bad weather, and are looking forward to heading home. They will spend the next few days breaking down their camps, and they are aiming to be back in Kathmandu on the 13th. I hope they recognize their success in all their efforts and work putting this trip together and getting as far as they did, despite not standing on the summit...

Camp 2

Mark sent another update last night. The team spent some time at Camp 2 (23K), but is heading back to Advanced Base Camp to rest. Overall, most of the team is feeling well and adjusting to the altitude as hoped.